Please note : Following the cancellation of ETS services between Butterworth and Padang Besar, you will now have to travel on the KTM Komuter Trains between Penang and the Thai border station of Padang Besar.

These services are much cheaper then the ETS Trains and more regular with departures every one to two hours during the daytime and evenings.

You can also use these cheap commuter services to travel south (via Bukit Mertajam) as far as Padang Rengas.

Booking Butterworth ETS Tickets

Tickets for ETS Trains can be purchased in advance from any KTMB railway station, the ticket office at the jetty in George Town or to save yourselves a trip, you can purchase tickets online using the KTM website or more easily, book using an online ticketing agent.

Tickets cost the same online as they do from the station (sometimes they are even cheaper).